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depth is 9 feet, being situated close westward of a rock that dries at 

 low water. 



Harbor rock, l3diig southwestward 550 yards from Little Goat 

 islands, is the western turning point into Presque ; it is 11 feet high, 

 small and flat, and has a sunken rock lying a few yards eastward of it. 



Coppaleen rock, .■> feet high, lies 600 yards southeastward of 

 Harbor rock, and is connected by a reef to the mainland, from which 

 it is distant nearly 200 yards ; it may be approached to 100 yards on 

 the southern side. 



£t. Kyra.ns, a bight 800 yards long and 250 yards broad, is entered 

 from the northwestern side of the head of the northern arm of 

 Presque. Shoal ground extends a short distance from the eastern 

 entrance point. 



Tides. — It is high water, full and change, in St. Kyrans, at 8h. 

 20m. ; springs rise T feet, neaps 5 feet. 



Northwest cove, situated on the western shore, opposite the 

 entrance, affords anchorage for a few small craft in 5 fathoms water, 

 but the holding ground is bad. 



Shoal. — A small shoal, with 3 fathoms water on it, lies in the 

 middle of the southern arm of Presque, and is the summit of a rocky 

 bank, 200 yards long, within the depth of 10 fathoms. 



Southwest beach, situated at the head- of the southern arm of 

 Presque, has shoal water extending nearly 200 yards from its head, 

 but there is anchorage in 15 to 17 fathoms water. 



Ice. — During severe winters Presque harbor occasionally freezes, 

 but the ice is generally thin and does not interfere with anchorage. 



Communication. — The steamer from Placentia calls at Presque 

 harbor weekl3^ 



Directions. — Strangers will find Presque harbor difficult of ap- 

 proach, and if under sail must be prepared for the squalls that de- 

 scend with great violence from the hills and through the valleys when 

 high winds prevail. 



There are two entrances; the better is that close eastward of 

 Western rocks ; the other, eastward of Big island, is not available in 

 bad weather. 



Enter with Goat island well open eastward of Western rocks, bear- 

 ing about 354°, and pass Western rocks at the distance of 100 yards. 

 Then keep the two Western rocks in line until Harbor rock is open 

 northeastward of Coppaleen rock, when steer to pass 200 yards north- 

 eastward of Coppaleen rock and 100 yards northeastward of Harbor 

 rock. 



Anchorage. — Large vessels anchor in 25 fathoms water off the 

 conspicuous house at the head of the northern arm of Presque ; and 

 small vessels in St. Kyrans harbor in 7 to 11 fathoms water, mud 

 bottom and good holding ground. 



